Marco Balbul (Hebrew: מרקו בלבול; born 13 July 1967) is an Israeli football manager and former player who is the coach of Maccabi Netanya.

Marco Balbul
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-07-13) 13 July 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Tirat Carmel, Israel
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
0000–1986 Maccabi Haifa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1998 Maccabi Haifa 213 (2)
1998–2000 Maccabi Tel Aviv 43 (0)
2000–2002 Maccabi Haifa 3 (0)
Total 259 (2)
International career
1990–1995 Israel 9 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003 Maccabi Haifa (assistant)
2006 Maccabi Netanya (assistant)
2007–2008 Hapoel Be'er Sheva
2008–2009 Maccabi Tel Aviv (assistant)
2009–2010 Bnei Sakhnin
2011 Maccabi Petah Tikva
2012 Partizan (assistant)
2013–2014 Bnei Sakhnin
2014 BEC Tero Sasana (assistant)
2014–2015 Maccabi Haifa
2016–2018 Israel U21
2018–2020 Maccabi Haifa
2022 NorthEast United
2023–2024 Zambia (assistant)
2024– Maccabi Netanya
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Balbul was born in Tirat Carmel, Israel as the youngest child of Egyptian Jews immigrant parents who immigrated from Egypt to Israel in the 50s. Aged 9, he was accepted to the youth system of Maccabi Haifa.

Playing career

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Babul made his first team debut for Maccabi Haifa in 1986. Spending most of his career at the club, he won several honours including the Israeli Premier League and the Israel State Cup.

He made his Israel national team debut against Greece in 1990. He has 5 appearance in the UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying.[1]

Managerial career

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On 28 December 2014, Balbul was appointed the new manager of Maccabi Haifa, replacing Aleksandar Stanojević who resigned from the job.

On 11 August 2022, Balbul was announced as the head coach of Indian Super League club NorthEast United.[2] But on 8 December 2022 he was sacked after the club failed to register a single win in the league. He is currently third assistant coach for the Zambia National team.

Honours

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Player

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Maccabi Haifa

Manager

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Maccabi Haifa

References

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  1. ^ Marco Balbul at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. ^ "NorthEast United appoint Israel's Marco Balbul as head coach". Khel Now. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
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